73.027 Deltote bankiana (Silver Barred)
fw: 10-12mm (Waring and Townsend), ws: 25-27mm (MBGBI10); May-Jul (Aug); purple moor-grass (Molina caerulea), smooth meadow-grass (Poa pratensis); RDB resident only at Chippenham and Wicken fens, Cambridgeshire, but is a fairly frequent (presumed) migrant to the SE.England coast (mainly Sussex to Norfolk).
Deltote bankiana (Silver Barred) §3 male
ID: Forewing olive-brown with two diagonal white fasciae, the more distal of which has a rounded projection from its proximal border subcostally and the more proximal of which has a variable short projection from its distal margin nearer the dorsum.
§1 Foulness, Essex; 30/06/2013; male; fw 11.0mm
§2 Foulness, Essex; 30/06/2013; male; fw 11.0mm
§3 Foulness, Essex; 08/06/2014; male; fw 11.0mm
§4 Foulness, Essex; 02/06/2018; male; fw 9.7mm
§5 Foulness, Essex; 20/06/2020; female; fw 10.0mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Foulness, Essex; 30/06/2013; male; fw 11.0mm
§3 Foulness, Essex; 08/06/2014; male; fw 11.0mm
§4 Foulness, Essex; 02/06/2018; male; fw 9.7mm
§5 Foulness, Essex; 20/06/2020; female; fw 10.0mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 31/03/2015 (§1-3) | §4 added 12/03/2019 | §5 added 26/01/2021
